Previously, we reported on a project we are working on with Community Catalyst which was aimed at spreading awareness about the open enrollment period. Earlier this month, we highlighted a new initiative they had on health insurance literacy and moving from coverage to care. They have now released a series of graphics to help highlight Special […] Read More »
Archives for February 2018
CMS Releases Medicaid Enrollment Data for December 2017
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Eligibility Determinations and Enrollment Report from December 2017. This report can also be found on our Resources & Links page under “Enrollment Statistics.” Prior Medicaid enrollment reports from CMS, are archived on our website. Read More »
Kaiser Brief Examines Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs
A new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the role Medicaid plays in providing care for children with special health care needs. The brief is entitled “Medicaid’s Role for Children with Special Health Care Needs: A Look at Eligibility, Services, and Spending.” According to the brief, there were 14.2 million children with special health […] Read More »
February 23, 2018
NEW MEDICAID WAIVER TRACKER AVAILABLE Are you trying to keep track of all the potential Medicaid waivers that are pending or approved? The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new interactive Medicaid Waiver Tracker. To learn more about this tracker, check out our news item. Many of these waivers look at states adding work requirements […] Read More »
New Medicaid Waiver Tracker Available
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new “Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Which States Have Approved and Pending Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers?” The tracker is interactive and allows you to view the status of individual state waivers and what the states are doing in the areas of Medicaid expansion, eligibility and enrollment restrictions, work requirements, benefit restrictions […] Read More »
February 16, 2018
RESOURCES ON MEDICAID WORK REQUIREMENTS Recently we’ve been reporting a lot on the Medicaid waivers approved by CMS for Kentucky and Indiana which would add work requirements to their Medicaid programs. In order to capture all the news on this topic as well as resources we have highlighted, we posted a new blog post which […] Read More »
Summary of Posts and Resources on Medicaid Work Requirements
* – Updated: October 17, 2019 (note there is an updated blog post with this information as of 1/9/2020) Medicaid work requirements have been in our news a lot recently as CMS issued new guidance on it last month and two states recently had waivers approved which would add work requirements to their Medicaid programs […] Read More »
ACA Marketplace Enrollment Numbers Available for OE5
Open enrollment has now concluded in all the state-based marketplaces and the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) recently reported the final enrollment numbers for the 2018 plan year. Despite the administration rolling back efforts to encourage enrollment, approximately 11.8 million people enrolled in a marketplace plan for 2018 which is only a drop […] Read More »
February 9, 2018
CHRIL SURVEY LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS The Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) is conducting an online survey of people with disabilities about getting and using health insurance and health care services. To learn more about the survey and how to enter a drawing to win one of five $100 gift cards, check out […] Read More »
CCD Sends Letter to HHS Opposing Work Requirements
Today, the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services expressing its opposition to the recent guidance that CMS gave to states regarding work requirements. * The American Association on Health and Disability (AAHD) is a member of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Read More »